Tobacco pipe



Sept. 22, 1925.

A. F. TEIGEN TOBACCO PIPE Filed Aug. 22 1925' INVENTOR h s a ATTORNEYSPatented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES AUSTIN F. TEI GEN, OF MOOREHEAD, MINNESOTA.

TOBACCO PIPE.

Application filed August 22, 1923. Serial No. 658,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN F. TEIGEN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Moorehead, in the county of Clay and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco Pipes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to tobacco pipes and is particularly adapted tomeans for clarifying tobacco smoke before it is inhaled pr drawn intothe mouth of the smokey. It is understoodthat tobacco smoke containssurplus nicotine which, if not reduced, is very undesirable andpoisonous to the smoker. In my invention, I have developed simpleeffective means for readily clarifying the tobacco smoke and reducingthe nicotine which is particularly adapted to a tobacco pipe of anynature. a

. The invention further includes means for cooling the'tobacco smoke byvirtue of the nature of my invention, wherein the tobacco smoke is drawnthrough a thin annular passageway extending around and longitudinal of asolid core of suitable material so that the smoke, when received intothe mouth of the smoker, is cool, mellow and refreshing rather thansharp and biting to the tongue which so often is the case with a tobaccopipe so that the use of a tobacco pipe is much more limited than itwould be where my invention is applied. The application of my in ventionto a tobacco pipe makes the same much more desirable ,to the smoker;

My attachment for a tobacco pipe is provided with means whereby it canbe readily and quickly taken apart and cleaned thoroughly so that thepipe can be kept fresh and in condition to be used without having anyundesirable sourness or nicotine effect in smoking. It is a particularadvantage of the invention to provide separable parts which can beremoved from the pipe collectively or selectively when desired.

In the drawings forming part of this specification Figure l is acentral'cross sectional view of my pipe attachment as it would appearconnected to an ordinary tobacco pipe.

' Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 0 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section of a portion of my device and the bowl of a pipe.

Figure 4 is a view of a portion of my device which is connected to thestem of the pipe, a portion of which is illustrated in cross section. a

The drawings illustrate an ordinary pipe bowl A, the stem neck 10 ofwhich is curved from the bowl and which ordinarily supports thes tem andmouthpiece of the pipe.

The portion 10 of the pipe A is formed with an opening 11 which is adated to receive one end of my smoke clarifying unit B. The smokeclarifying unit B is made up of a hollow cylindrical portion 12'whih isa tapered oif at 13 to fit into the opening 11,

while the other end is provided with a ferrule 14 which is adapted toreceive the stem or mouthpiece 15 of the pipe. The portion 12 of theunit B is adapted to receive a core member16 which is formed ofaluminum, or anyother suitable material, and is provided on one end withan enlarged or flanged portion 17, while the other end is provided witha similar flange or enlarged portion 18 po- 'sitioned a short distancefrom theend of the same. At this end the core member 16 is threaded at19 and is adapted to be threaded into the mouthpiece of stem 15 of thepipe.

The enlarged or flange like portions 17 and 18 are adapted to fit snuglywithin the tubular portion 12 so as to form an approximately air tightjoint between the flanges 17 and 18 and the inner wall of the member 12.In this manner, the core 16 positioned withinthe member 12 forms anannular longitudinally extending thin passageway or chamber 20.- Theends of the core member 16 are provided with axially and transverselyextending passageways 21 and 22 which con nect the smoke passageway 23leading from nor, the smoke from'the bowl C is brought into directcommunication with the solid core 16 which, when made of metal such asaluminum or other suitable material, is cooled sufficiently to condensethe nicotine in the smoke and cause the'same to lodgeonthe core and alsowithin the lower end or pocket 25 formed by the lower portion of theannu-. lar passageway 20. Thepassageway 21 extends far enough into thecore was to provide a suitable ace for the pocket 25 which is notinterfere .with by the draught of the smoke through the passageway 20because of thetransversely-extending portion of the passageway 21 beingpositioned beyond the pocket space.

In the use of myinvention, as applied and adapted to tobacco pipes, suchas A or any other suitable shape or form, it is readily apparent thatthe unit B can be attached in a suitable manner and is very desirable toprovide a clean sweet smoke for a pipe. The unit B is composed of onlythe two main parts 12 and16 and the part, 16, being secured to the stemor mouthpiece 15, is readily removable as illustrated in Figure 4 sothat it can be thoroughly cleaned, leav ing the portion 12 empty so thatit can also be cleaned in a very effective manner. Thus it is apparentthat the unit B is separable collectively fromthe pipe by detaching thesame from the opening 11 or selectively by removing the core member 16.These features, together with the simple inexpensive construction,provide a tobacco smoke clarifying means which is not only effective butdesirable for any tobacco pipe. The solid portion of the core 16provides sufficient body 'over which the thin annular passagewayextendsso as to cool and clarify the tobacco smoke. This is an importantfeature of the invention.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principlesof operation ,of my invention together with the apparatus which I 'now'consider to represent the bestembodiment thereof, but I desire to haveit understood that the construction is only illustrative and that theinvention can be carried out by other means and applied to usesothertthan those above set forth within the scope of the followingclaims:

I claim;

1. A smoke clarifying unit having an outer tubular member adaptedto beinterposed between the bowl and mouthpiece of a tobacco pipe, a separatecore member rcpiece and adapted to be removably positione'd within saidstem, the other end of said core member being entirely enclosed withinsaid stem, means for spacing said core member from said stem so that anannular passageway is formed between said stem and-core and said coremember having passageways connecting said annular passageway with thebowl and mouthpiece 'of thepipe.

AUSTIN F. 'TEIGEN;

